Aspidistra cryptantha
| Aspidistra cryptantha | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Aspidistra |
| Species: | A. cryptantha |
| Binomial name | |
| Aspidistra cryptantha Tillich, Averyanov & Dzu, 2007 | |
Aspidistra cryptantha is a species of flowering plant. A. cryptantha grows in evergreen on slopes of limestone mountains in Vietnam between heights of 600 and 800 metres (2,000 and 2,600 ft).[1]
Description
This species is a perennial herb. Its rhizome is creeping, with a diametre of 5 millimetres (0.20 in). Its cataphylls are short-lived, leaving remnants at the base of young leaves. Its leaves are delicate, 1 to 1.5 millimetres (0.039 to 0.059 in) apart, the petiole measuring about 18 to 25 centimetres (7.1 to 9.8 in); the lamina is ovate-lanceolate and acuminate, measuring 17 to 20 centimetres (6.7 to 7.9 in) by 5 to 6 centimetres (2.0 to 2.4 in), and being rounded and cuneate, with several white spots and yellowish nerves in its lower surface. It also counts with 4 to 6 veins at each side.[1]
Its ascending peduncle measures 1 to 2 centimetres (0.39 to 0.79 in); its perigone tube is subgloboid, its greatest diametre measuring up to 7 millimetres (0.28 in), counting with 6 lobes with 2 keels. Its anthers amount to 6 and are subsessile, each up to 1 millimetre (0.039 in) long; the pistil is flat and rectangular, the ovar is indistinct. The style is cylindrical, 2 to 3 millimetres (0.079 to 0.118 in) long, while the stigma is flat and measures 2 to 3 millimetres (0.079 to 0.118 in) in diametre and is 3-lobed, each lobe with a distal lobulum inflexum.[1]
Distribution
Aspidistra cryptantha is known only from its type locality, in Trà Lĩnh District, Cao Bằng Province, Vietnam.[1]
References
Further reading
- Tillich, H‐J. "An updated and improved determination key for Aspidistra Ker‐Gawl.(Ruscaceae, Monocotyledons)." Feddes Repertorium 119.5‐6 (2008): 449-462.
- Tillich, Hans-Juergen. "The genus Aspidistra Ker-Gawl.(Asparagaceae) in Vietnam." Taiwania 59.1 (2014): 1-8.